Challenging 'voodoo' economics in the race for the best technology. This is an article by Polly Higgins of TREC-UK in the July 2008 issue (12) of Carbon2Share, published by Colin Challen MP. It is in three JPEG files: Section 1 (379 KB), Section 2 (270 KB), and Section 3 (341 KB). Click the '+' or 'enlarge' button to show each image full size.

Britain wants more electric vehicles in Europe
Transcript of the British Prime Minister's remarks delivered at the Union for the Mediterranean Summit in Paris. 13 July 2008 and that it contains a strong endorsement of the concept of "clean power from deserts"

Concentrating solar power (approx. 8 minutes of streaming sound, DW-world.de, Deutsche Welle Radio, 2008-07-09). This is another audio piece about CSP by Naomi Fowler, including interviews with Polly Higgins of TREC-UK.

Concentrating solar power and the proposed HVDC supergrid (PDF, 397 KB, Science in Parliament, Spring 2008, pp. 34-36). This is a briefing report and notes prepared following a "breakfast" meeting of the Scientific and Parliamentary Committee in the House of Commons on 2007-11-13. The briefing report is by Gerry Wolff and Neil Crumpton and the notes are by Professor Peter Simpson, Secretary of the Committee.

(ASF file, Windows Media, 44.4 MB). This is a video recording of a speech by Dr Howard Stoate MP and a reply by Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP about the Desertec proposals, in the House of Commons. There is also a Hansard transcipt of the debate.

Solar power comes of age ((JPG, 1.3 MB, Carbon2Share, Issue 10, Spring 2008—newsletter produced by Colin Challen MP). This is a slightly updated version of Win-win: concentrating solar power published in Greenpeace Business in July 2007. To enlarge the image, click the '+' with Firefox or the 'enlarge' button with Internet Explorer.)